Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1925, Page 56

2 THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning HM.' WASHINGTON, D. C. BUNDAY September 13, 1925 TQEODOIE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office : 11th St. and Pennaylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Office: 16 Regent St., London, Engiand. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- Ing edition, is delivered by carriers 'ilhlln fhe clty at' 60 cents per month: dafly only. 45 cents per montl Sunday only, 2 lrn s per month. Ordera may be sent by mail or telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of each moath. 3 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday....17r.. ig 48 , 700 20e mo.. mo. mo.. Daily only S Bunday only 1yr. All Other States, Dally and Sunday. ..1 yr..$10.00: 1 mo. Daily ooty ool 1ye T$7.00: 1 mo Sunday only 13 $3.00: 1 mo Member of the Associated Pres: The Associated Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or mot otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatchen herein also_reserved The District Budget. The District Commissioners are to conter with the director of the budget on the 24th of this month on the Dis- trict estimates. They will urge the submission of a local budget calling for approximately $40,000,000 in two allotments, regular and supplemen- tary. They will show a long list of urgent public needs to justify this large expenditure, including profects started but not yet fully provided for, as well as new works requisite to the proper development of the Capital municipality. In asking for this sum, so much greater than has ever been granted for local purposes, the Commissioners should proceed upon the basis of the substantive law governing District ap- propriations, which provides for the division of cost between the District and the Federal treasury at the ratio of 60 to 40. Upon no other basis can the District possibly afford to finance = $49,000,000 budget. The presentation of a budget estl- mate of $40,000,000 to Congress upon any other basis than the definite pro- portion law, which presumably gov- erns, however often it may be set aside as an annual act of exemption, would be an indication to Congress once more to finance the District on a lump-sum basis. With a $40,000,000 budget, whether in the form of a sin- &le or & dual estimate submission, and & lump sum of $9,000,000, such as has heen voted by Congress heretofore, the Distriet would be required to raise by taxation $31,000,000, which weuld re- quire & very material increase in the tax rate and impose a disabling bur- den upon property owners. The Bureau of the Budget has juris- diction over the District estimates upen the theory that they involve the expenditure of Federal funds. 1f the definite proportionate ratio principle is maintained the Federal interest in the size of the District budget is di- rect and specific. If the lump-sum principle is to prevall it matters noth- ing to the Federal Government and it should matter nothing to the Budget Bureau whether the estimates run to 540,000,000 or to a larger sum. The present hope iz that the Bureau of the Budget will strictly regard the law as it Is written and construe the District estimates in terms of a proportionate Federal liability ——— The propaganda dramatist who acts in his own play wastes no thought en “art for art's make.” o District Riflemen Win Honors. The Nat.onal Capital has long bheen proud of it citizen soldiery, not only in peace. hut in war, and with geod reagon. The National Guard of the District of Columbia has answered every call. Its officers and men have fought on forelgn soil throughout two majer conflicts. The present person- nel is not letting down, realizing ther- oughly the necessity of preparing for war in time of peace. There sugely fs ne more effective way to prepare than by training to shoot straight. A rifle in the hands of a soldler unfamiliar with its use I3 an obstacle rather than an ald in warfare. National Guardsmen the National Capital, as well as civilian rifilemen, are upholding the honor of the Capital City in connec tion with the rifie competitions in progress at Camp Perry, Ohlo. They are maintaining a tradition. Since the early 808 the “District of Columbia’ has been w consistent winner when facing the targets. In the old davs at Sea Girt, N. J., it was more or less the rule for the hlueclad rifiemen, with the George Washington hatchet flag of the District of Columbia at the end of their company street, to win the Hilton trophy match, then the leading prize. Season after season the team alse brought home the Soldler of Marathon and other famous trophies. The victors were received by large military escorts when they arrived home, vear after vear, and, with bands playing and fireworks set off along the like of march, escorted to the armory as'conquering heroes. While escorts and fireworks seem to have passed into the discard, the Dis- triet National Guardsmen are con- tinuing their record of achievement. News reports state that they are ac- quiring honors these days at Camp Perry. It should be borne in mind that the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and all the States and Territories are represented by teams on the Ohlo range. To date the DI trict of Columbia clvilian team has won the Port Clinton trophy match, the District has finished second in the match for the regimental rifle team championship of the United States, being bested only by the 5th Regi- ment, U. 8. Marine Corps, which won by a few points. In this match Capt. C. 8. Shields and Sergt. E. G. Andrus of the District each recorded 50 out of a possible 50 on the 600-yard range, not being allowed any shots for “sight- ing in.” In direct competition with Regular Army teams, notwithstanding it was handicapped by being stopped hy mistake, the District team finished tourteenth in the “Infantry puzzle,” representing which simulated service conditions. In the Crowell match, at 1,000 yards, Sergt. G. E. Votava put 14 bullets out of 15 in the bull's eye, scoring 74 out of 75 points, finishing close to the top of 500 competitors and leading all of the National Guard competitors. Some shooting! In the Scott match at 900 yards SAff Sergt. L. P. Meeds and Master Sergt. F. F. Bernsdorff of the Dis- trict each hit the center of the target 14 times out of a possible 15, while James M. Barry, civillan, of this city, put all 15 bullets in the bull's eye for a perfect score, and tied for first place in the match. Also some shooting! In the classic Leech cup match, 7 shots each at 800, $00 and 1,000 yard: with 1,022 {ndividuals competing, Lieut. J. C. Jensen of the District of Columbia scored 103 out of & possible 105; Hugh Everett, civillan of this city, 103, and Pvt. Dinwiddie and Sergt. J. H. Robertson of the District Guard each 102. Again, quite some shooting! It might be well to explain.-without detriment to the Regulars, that the service teams are made up of the best shots developed throughout the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The District Natlonal Guard is limited In its scope. 1t is a small organization. Its mem- bers earn their livelthood in civilian pursyits and have only an extremely limited time for rifie practice. One- half of the personnel of the ‘‘District of Columbia” team at Camp Perry this year are new men who have never before shot in a recognized competi- tion. They will compete this week in the national match, authorized by Congress and conducted under the auspices of the War Department. While it is not expected that this young team will carry off first honor: the National Capital is confident its representatives will do credit to the District National Guard and their home city, ———— Gov. Pinchot and the Strike. Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Penn: vania is trylng to get the anthracite mine owners and miners into agree- ment to end the strike which began on the first of this month. He con- ferred yesterday with the chairman of the operators’ wage scale nego- tiating committee, and tomorrow will confer with the president of the United Mine Workers. Holding both talks in confidence, Gov. Pinchot will make no announcement of these com- munications, and intimates that it will remain for the President of the United States to speak the first word to bring about a resumption of direct negotia- tions looking to the end of the dead- lock. Gov. Pinchot rendered a valuable service two years ago in effecting a settlement of the hard-coal strike. He is in a position to repeat that service this vear. The anthracite fleld lies exclusively within the boundaries of his State. But, as he recognizes, an- thracite mining is not a matter only of Pennsylvania's interest. It affects the people of all the States. He is acting, therefore, as “friend of the court."” : ‘The negotiations between the miners and the operators through their rep- resentatives broke down upon the re- fusal of the mine owners to consider a change of wage scale that would add to the cost of mining. They con- tend that the range of pay in the hard-coal fleld is now higher than in many other lines of industry, with an average of $2,000 a year for the un- skilled laborer and $2,600 a year for the skilled or contract miner, both in regular employment. The miners are contending for a 10 per cent advance and for the check-off, or the compul- sory collection of union dues by the company. The strike has now lasted for near- two weeks. Thanks to the prev- alence of warm weather througheut the eastern part of the country, in which anthracite is the chief domestic fuel, there has heen no hardship. ly Large stocks of coal are in reserve for | distribution, but not suficlent to carry the people through the Winter. If mining is not reésumed within a menth there will be a serious shortage which will be feit keenly by the peopls by the first of December. These weeks of Fall mining are essential to the main- tenance of the stocks to the point nec- essary to meet the Winter demand. Resumption of mining, therefore, 1s dally becoming more urgently neces- e In the light of past experience it 1s to be expected that there will be re- sumption of work at the mines by, if not before, maonth. The miners, who have just re- celved their pay for the past menth, will soon be dependent on the union doles for subsistence. They cannot long continue on that basis without great suffering. Gov. Pinchot has pe) haps merely started the process of set- tlement by holding these successive conferences. Assuredly his action can- not retard the resumption of the nego- tiations and the consequent resump- tion of work. The hope is that it will hasten settlement. ——— Discovery that men of brains make the poorest aute drivers upsets the theory of intelligence tests fer licens- ing moterists. ——————— A Wise Action. Trafie Director Eldridge is to be congratulated on successfully clear- ing up congestion at the intersection of Fourteenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue without the use of the objectionable curb turning plan. With left-hand turns banned and with traffic officers allowing an inter- val between change of signels for pedestrians to reach safety, this busy corner now ranks with the best reg- ulated traffic intersections in the city. Safety zones have been Instalied next to the car tracks, which are not only out of the way of automebile traffic, but provide"the maximum of protec- tion for the walker. In the successful culmination of the trafic scheme at this point, Mr. El- dridge has pleased both the walker and driver; traffic moves smoothly, and every one is contented. The traffic director, in deciding to abandon, temporarily at least, the pro- pesed experiment in curb turning, was doubtless guided by the wave of publie feeling against 3 change in the fundamental turning rule and by the the end of this present | THE SUNDAY S8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SEf’TEMBER 13, 1925—PART 2. EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., Bishop of Washington. fact that more experiments were liable to cause confusion rather than benefit. Probably the greatest contributing factor in the solution of the trafc tangle at this intersection was the barring of left-hand turns. It has long been recognized -that this turn 18 one of the present-day trouble mak- ers at busy intersections, and, as motor travel in Washington increases it will probably be necessary to place the same restriction at other points. Mr. Eldridge’s decision is a popular one. He will find that he has added to the confidence in his administration and that a larger degree of co-opera- tion will be forthcoming from the motoring citizens of the National Cap- ital. Survey Shows Good Times. A survey of business conditions con- ducted by the Federal Reserve Board presents a most optimistic review of the American economic situation. The board sees no sign of a slackening of prosperity. It observes an upturn in industrial production after some months of decline, a continued growth In building construction and an in- crease in the volume of commodity distribution. There has been a sus- tained demand by both domestic and foreign consumers of American prod- ucts. Commercial demand for bank credits has lately increased, indicating & growth in the volume of trade. It is, of course, impossible that all prices should continue to rise indef- initely. There must be eventually a reaction. When such a reaction comes sharply and suddenly it is because of some extraordinery happening, war or disaster, or a widespread and severe climatic disturbance affecting agricul- ture unfavorably. No man can pos- sibly fores such a visitation. The Federal Reserve Board in its survey sees actual®tendencies and interprets them as indices of sound conditions unaffected by possible mistortune. r——— Young Mr. La Follette appears to be wearing the title of crown prince in the Wisconsin political succession without exposing himself to the ridi- cule that often goes with that role. e An osculatory apparition has cre- ated a senmation at the Paris Congress of Spiritualists. Far better propa- ganda, this, than the old-fashioned hand-holding medium. —— e - “Painless” dentistry is reported to have been eliminated in Washington. The camouflage of anesthesia can no longer lure the timid sufferer into the. chair unawares. ———— Even the Pacific fish rejolced at the rescue of the crew of the missing sea- plane, one leaping into the boat that carried them ashore. ———— Comdr. John Rodgers had it all over the Ancient Mariner with his little still that mother gave him for his sir voyage. e Gov. Pinchot is once mere going to the bat as pinch hitter in the dead. locked hard-coal game. —————r————————a SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Arithmetical Spirit. “As a rule,” sald the cynic, “one may reckon the number of his true triends on the fingers of one hand “Well,” answered the good-natured person, “anybody who counts up his friendships the same as he does his money doesn’'t deserve any mor: A Dificult Position. Ah, pity him who bravely seeks By shorthand to obtain his bread! Whenever anybody speaks He has to hear each word that's sald. . “An individual,” sald Uncle Eben, ‘is sumpin’ like legislature. Every man has his good qualities, but dev ain’' likely to git him nowheres aa long as dey stays in de minority.” Dangers of Delay. “Did your boy Josh's studies help vou in running the farm?"” “Well,” anaswered Farmer Corntos- sel hey'd have helped me more if he'd had his lessons by heart. I can't help thinkin’ we'd' have saved more of the crops if Josh an’ the hired men hadn’t took up mo mueh time readin’ up to find the scientific names of what was the matier with ‘em.” A Suspected Sportsman. “Bliggins never comes home empty- hended when he goes after reedvirds.” “Not so skiliful as prudent,” an- swered Miss Cayenne. “I understand that he never goes into the marghes without taking the price of a few dozen with him.” Impractical Genlus. “I wender how it was that Shake- speare got the reputation ef being a bad acter,” sald the youthful player. “Well,” answered Mr. Stormingten Barnes, “a man who could write ga well as he could had no business grind- ing eut plays when he ceuld have done such brillient werk as his own press agent.” Autum The skies are changing these Autumn days To gray from the Summer blue. The song birds haste from the sylvan ways Just as they always do. The rusticators, with pockets shrunk, Have hied them back to the home- ward bunk, the baggage Jjugglers smashed each trunk, they always do. And have The story s told from year to year; There's nothing entirely new. The fairest blossoms must disappear Just as they always do. The statesman grave and the mum- mer gay Arrange for the annual display; And the people prepare to politely pay, Just as they always do. PRl N b Practice and Argument. From the Deatroit News. i L e i unity WO R A practicing veligion as they spend in arguing about it! A GREAT COMMISSION. St. Matthew, 10:1: “He gave them power.* When an ambassador is sent from this country to a forelgn nation, he is given credentials. that constitute his authority to represent the Ameri- can Government, and frequently he is given special directions concerning his course of action. In the tenth chapter of St. Mat- thew's gospel there is set forth one of the most remarkable commissions ever given to men. The great Master, whose ministry had been marked by brevity, had gathered about him 12 peasant disciples, most of them fisher- men. The time had arrived when He would send them forth to repre- sent Him and the great cause He had come to establish, and “‘when He had called unto Him his 12 disciples, He gave them power.” The power He invested them with and the direc- tions He gave them for making it effective have no parallel of which we have knowledge. It was no easy task to which He called them. Timid men would have been repelied by His words, “I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves,” and again, “Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.” Went Into Reluctant World. Edwin Gibbon, in commenting on this body of men and the results of their ministry, maintained that noth- ing comparable was to be found in the annals of men. In an age that is disposed to question both the value and the power of the Christian church it is interesting to recall the influences which these peasant di ciples called into being. They came to a world that was reluctant to receive their message. On every hand they met stern resistance, per- secution and ultimately martyrdom. One of these early disciples wrote, “In every city bonds and afMictions await me.” but he proudly added, “None of thess things move me, neither count I my Iife dear unto myself."” The power of the Christian diseipie has never been greater than when contronted with opposition and perse. cution. The herolc element, which s #0 compelling, {8 not generated where the disciple is unopposed and his message readily received. The lin of least resistance, however fascinat. OYSTERS BY FREDERIC ], One pound of oysters will furnish 7 per cent of the energy a man requires dafly per cent of the protein, 35 per cent of the caleium, 53 per cent of the phosphorus and 136 per cent of the iron. As a food the oyster is not only one of the greatest delicacies oh- tained from the sea, but its composi- tion is of such a character as to make it more nearlv than mest foods self- sufficient as a diet. In this respect it resembles milk, and needs'but the or- dinary ingredients used in cooking— starches and fats—to give it balance, that highly essential thing which dietetic experts say a food has when it has everythin, JIn the raw state the succulent bi valve, which is now attracting atten- tion aggin because of the arrival of months“that have an “r” in them, contains an abundanee of vitamin C, an essential element in our food for preventing scurvy. The experts stre the fact that. in general, civiliz man, especiallv when living in cities, by reason of his food, which, espe- clally in Winter, i8 composed almost entirely of that which is cooked, is hordering upon the phenomenon of deficiency. It behooves him, eize every occasion that of. fers itself to consume raw food that is rich in vitamins. Mollusks, and oysters in particular, are from this point of view a most valuable re. source, And just to show that the people of the United States appreclate wha @ good thing the oyster is, both as a delicacy and for its food value, it may be stated that they consumed annu- ally about 20,000,000 bushels of this sea food. Allowing 300 oysters to the bushel. this means 6.000.000,000 oya- ters, or a billion orders of “a half raw. No statistical flend has computed how far that number of oysters would reach if lald end te end, how long it would take one man to open all of them, how many square miles they would cover as a earpet, or what quantity of catsup and horseradish is consumed along with them, but with- out such data it is apparent that oys- ter fishing constitutes an exeeedingly Important industry. Of First Value to Fishermen. Indeed, the United States Burea Fisherles is authority, for the s ment that the oyster fishery of the country s first in value to the fish- erman and second in importance in yield of foud, being exceeded only by the salmon. This business is con- ducted in every seacoast State from Cape Cod to the Rio Grande d from Puget Sound to San Francisco. It vields each year approximately 78, 000 tons of food as prepared for con- sumption, which is the equivalent of 254,000 dressed It affords employment to some 67, 000 persons, and its annual product as it comes from the water is valued at over $14,000,000. What that prod uct costs the ultimate consumer, e pecially when he gets it at high- priced hotels and cafes, is another question, and one that the Bureau of Fisheries does not undertake, to®an- swer. But the bureau, speaking through Deputy Commissioner Lewis Radcliffe, does give a lot of Imormlur facts about the oyster in a bulletin that has just been released. Mr. Radcliffe tells us that eysters of today are more highly prized and more widely consumed for foed than at any time in history, and that oyster farming and oyster eating have fiown steadlly through the centurles, begin- ning when early man scoured the eyster beds for to bedeek his sweetheart. Shells of the oyater in large quantities are found in the ruins of prehistoric settlements, and the Chinese have had an oyster farming industry for 2,000 years. High lodine Percentage. Reverting te the food value of the bivalve, we are told that recent in: vestigations by the, Bureau of Fish- eries show that oysters, clams and lobsters contain more lodine than any other marine food, with. the exception of marine algae—seaweed—which un- fortunately de net enter into the diet- ary of many Americans. As a-mat- ter of comparison it ted that oysters, clams and lobsters contain \Kout 200 times as much iodine as milk, eggs or beefsteak. 4 By using such products in the diet several times each week the amount of iodine ingested can be .increasod considerably, a matter of special in. terest to persons planning the diet of young people living in districts where disorders of the thyroid gland are common. Oysters are also remarkable among ordinary food subatances, it is point- ed out, in their propertion of glycogen, a aubstance resembling starch, but more readily and more easily assiml- lated, and, unl;‘k! -tu-c’l‘\;q wholly tible even when uncopked, t 18 nnu)lris te have it pointed eut that the Gevernment many States and m?,ngi ties have awakened to the advisability of super- ing it may be, is not the one that makes for eficiency or the strength- ening of the things of character. The power of the disciple is as great today where the consciousness of authority exists as in the days when Christ walked the earth. In spite of all discussions and controversies, the one thing that carries conviction is the testimony of the man whe in himself is the exponent of the power he preaches. Personal Experience Needed. Every now and again some un- discriminating critic speaks of the unpopularity and impotence of the Christian pulpit and of the Christian minister., The refutation of this is abundantly disclosed wherever thy Christian messenger gives evidence of a power born out of personal ex- perience. Frequently this power is not disclosed as the result of unusual academic training, nor is it always identified with those of the highest intellectual attainments. The great evangelist, Meody, is an example of one whose preaching exercised an ir- resistible influence, because it was tha testimony of one who knew the power of Christ. The messenger of Christ cannot have too careful prepa- ration for his ministry, but no prepa- ration is sufficient that leaves out of account personal experience of hrist's power. Religious experfence 1s essentially a personal thing. no 2 man’s other gifts may lacking this he lacks the one supreme essentlal to an effclent ministry. One sometimes wonders whether our ing this suMciently today. Thers need be no empty pews nor unresponsive listeners where the messenger of Christ is clothed with 2 power which all men respect and acknowledge. We once heard a great preacher say, 'When the clergy take themselves the people will, but not The redeeming power of a life shot through with the conscious- ness of ¢ iirfst's unfaling presence is as frresistible today as it was when He sent forth the 12 upon their perflous undertaking. The Christian religion has lost neither populsrity nor compelling at- tractiveness, but If it is to be pre- sented In terms that are acceptable to men, it must be through the life of one who has experienced the power of his divine Master. (Copyright, 1926.) ~AS A FOOD HASKIN | vision and inspection, and that there |is now exercised a close scrutiny of the sources of oysters that are brought to market or shipped from State to State. and of the methods of handling and transporting them. This is especially important in view of the scare that was created last year in various parts of the country over an alleged typhold infection of eyvsters. Mr. Radcliffe says that it can be as- serted today that oysters are more sanitary and better than ever before, and that there is at least as sufficient guaranty of thelr wholesomeness as there {s of milk, strawberries, lestuce, celery and ot foods not usually cooked for consumption. If the oyster be cooked, there is a double guaranty. Maryland leads the States, if not the whole world, In the production of market oysters, with an annual har- vest of 4,600,000 bushels. The State recognizes the importance of the in- dustry, and Is undertaking to mein- tain and to safeguard it. Virginia ranks second to ryland, producing 3,250,000 bushels of market oysters yearly and having her oyster farming well developed. Virginia oysters are widely distributed in States, and some have e: transplanted in the fardistant Ha- wallan Islands. The New England States of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts have an annual output of about 1,750, 000 bushels of market oysters, and the New England product admittedly in- cludes some of the choicest oysters in the world. New York State waters contribute 1,350,000 bushels to the aggregate na- tional eutput each year, while New Jersey and Delaware waters yield about 2,000,000 bushels. Production in the South Atlantic States almost equals that of New Jersey and Dela- ware, South Carolina leading with 720,000 bushels, North Carolina com- ing second with 560,000 bushel Florida third with an excess of 300, 000 bushels, and Georgia fourth with 245,000. These States are awakening to the value of their Ayster harvest and the poasibilities of greatly increas- ing their yield. On the Gulf, Mississippi ranks next te Maryland and Virginia with an annual harvest of 1,686,000 bushel and Louisfana ranks sixth with me than 1,000,600 bushels. Texas produces only about 360,000 bushels. The Pacific Coast States are far be- hind the Atlantlc and Gulf coasts with an aggregate production of but 85,000 bushels yearly. The native oys- ters are smaller than those of the East, but are sald to be excellent for cocktails, stews, chowders, souffies, roasts, etc. Incidentally it may be of interest to know that Mr. Radcliffe in his treatise describes 98 different ways of prepar- ing oyster: Smiles in the News. Somebody perhaps—every other field is occupled—somebody will organize a soclety for the removal of gloom frem the human countenance. Why will people walk the streets their faces I & perpetual Hantlet, when there is so much in life to laugh at, not the least of which is themselves, perhaps? Why dispute with the sun? Laughter, it was once taught, was frivelous, idle; in fact, a decided desecration of eur- Ives as images of Ged. We kmow tter now. Laughter is health; fs happiness. Jest and you will digest. Take yesterday's paper and scan ita eolumns for fun—not the professional fun, which often fails to armuse be- cause we cannet forget the poor devil who 1s trying for se much per day to make us laugh—but the fun that ereps out frem unsuspected coverts. There was the great English sclentist walk- ing in the rain and followed by a group of savants anxious to see where was going. He wasn't going anywhere; he was just thinking. How delicious! Oh, yea! We've followed savants tee, only to find in the end that they were not going anywhere. And elsewhere in the same {ssue is a well known fundamentalist in an eloquent plea for capital punishment. ‘We smile. And over in another column is a young New York wife suing for a diverce and alimony and setting up that her husband is a bootlegger by profession with an income of $700 per month from his business. She wants two hundred it monthly. And sh should have it. The selfish brute! Well, our laugh is not at the little ly, b;t at the order she wants the pass. And when abeut to run out of smiles read the soclety columns, whether of New York or Squeedunk, and of the im] t things so faithfully record- ed there, It is not necessary to laugh n.k;ud to be happy. Nor is it always safe. ot hmg\uwhamhhmrmw th hundred sake eould ; to pay & idollars a vear for #t—Atianta Capital Sidelights Mathew F. Halloran, contact agent of the Civil Service Commission, and friend of hundreds of thoussnds of war workers all over the country, Who is likely to be appointed to the vacancy on the commission, If the President changes his present Inten- tion to name a to the late Mru. Helen H has been with the commission d ing its entire life. He pushed all! the goods and chattels of the com- mission In & push cart when it moved 42 years ago from Its first Quarters in a front and back parlor on Fourteenth street. In his youth Mr. Halloran was a famous bicycle rider. * ¥ ox The old fire bell from the No. 3 engine house, at Delaware avenue and C' street—now abandoned- which was built by the Federal Gov- ernmen@on what was originally the ‘apitol Grounds, for the protection of the Capitol Bullding—has been turned over to Chief Watson of the Washington Fire Department by Davig Lynn, architect of the Capitol. It will be placed on the new No. 13 engine house, in the Northeast, where | it will be hitched up electrically to strike each hour. The abandoned en- gine house is located on the plaza alte between the Capitol and Union Station and will soon be torn down. It was supplanted by the new engine house on New Jersey avenue. * k%% Thes work of freshening up the Capitol and making necessary repairs for the incoming Congress is being rushed at the House end this month in preparation for the meeting of the Interparliamentary Union, which is to hold its sessions in the House cham- ber during Octob * % ¥ Vice President Dawes had an un- usually good opportunity last week to boast of his home town, Marietta, Ohio, which the four Dawes bovs have put in a prominent place on the map. It is a great habit of public men to toat loud and often about their humble home town. With the national convention of the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity in the May- flower Hotel. the Vice President mphasized that it was Marletta College that kept this fraternity alive | for some years when the chapters at Yale, Harvard, Columbia and other blg universities were all discontinued. ‘Washington now b s a big alumni chapter of this fraternity, which in- cludes scores of men who are doing important work for Uncle Sam. % % Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo, who is being much talked of for chairman of the Republican senatorial committee because of his notable suc- ceas for two vears as chairman of the committee that brought the House back to Republican control, has eschewed the chautauqua circuit and other public speaking as much as pos sible this Summer and is coming back to his work in the Capital hardened by months of devotion to his seven- acre garden at Yellow Springs, Ohlo. Senator Fess bought this place when he was president of Antioch College, which he brought to fame by establishing a system under which each student goes to school for six weeks and then works six weeks. This was done to meet the complaint that colleges are not practical and turn out students with much the- oretical book lore but little or no practical experience as workers. An tloch College now has dozens of ap- plicants for admission to each youth | who can be admitted. So this Summer Senator Fess thought he would practice some of his old pedagogic policy and better fit himselt for his coming duties in the Senate by hard work In his garden. He gets up at daybreak, or earlier, and with hand plow or other garden tool has been acquiring a horny hand, which ought to make him strong with | the farmers of his district—and beyond. TR Representative Frank H. Funk of Bloomington, 1., who will be chair- man of the subcommittee handling the District of Columbia appropriation bill in the coming Congress, has gone back to nature with a vengeance this Summer. He is a national legislator ‘when his neighbors for hundreds of! miles around demand such services from him; all the rest of the time, and by choice and training and habit, he is a farmer on a big scale. He owns and operates one of the biggest farmas in that famous corn-belt region, which has been In his family for more than a century. Jt was because of his practical knowledge of farming that he was put on the joint con- gressional commitine several year: ago which make an extensive study of the farmers' probiem He has several times heen mentioned as under conaideration for the post of Secretary of Agriculture. * % % ‘When Representative John J. Boy- lan of N York City gets back on the job hers he is going te do his utmost te have Congress pay a bounty to, er otherwise reward, deveted public servants who have worked out practical short cuts to economy and efficiency for Uncle Sam. There are hundreds of them in the Federal workshows in Washington. For ex- ample: In order that the American living or basking for the Summer In those sactions of the country touched by the waters of the oceans which are set in motion by that subtle force exerted by moon and sun may appreclate more fully the benefits he gets directly from the inventive genius of humble em- ployes in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, let us visit the temple of the oracle who foetells the tides vears in advance for the use of the mariner, the fisherman, as well as the bathing beauty or the Apollo of the surf. swept sand Tide tables did not, like Topsy, just happen; they are the result of years of study by tidal experts. One of the results of this delving by the scienti: is a ‘“brass soothsayer,” which is responsible for the author- ftative prediction of future tides which are furnished you in handy booklet form, be you mariner, fisher- man or bather, in advance each year for the mere cost of the paper and the binding of these little books. The machine, which is 11 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 feet high, was de- signed and bullt in the office of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey here in Washington. It glao tells the time of slack water of the tidal currents and the velocities and times of strength of the currents. ‘While this instrument is the child of the brain of the tidal mathema- ticlan and the mechanical engineer, it easily performs a work that would be extremely difficult, if not impossi- ble, for the parent. It saves more than a half million dollars a vear to Uncle Sam—no one can estimate just how much more than that. As- suming that 50 mathematiclans at $3,600 per annum could do the work of the machine (and it is belleved that twice that number could not do it) we would then have a direct sav- ing_of $180,000 per year—not an in- significant amount when you consider that the machine itself cost the Gov- ernment about $20,000, not taking into consideration, of course, the brain power of the poorly paid mathematician, mechanical engineer and lnlll’\"l\ellt\I mlker‘ which is ‘wrapped up in the machin T{l! is all in these Government ing on to the Great Beyond, g:x] and unsung"—but Repre- sentative Boylan is determined that shall get some little paeon of W can still enchan them on. MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Are we living In a perlod of chang- ing morality, or is Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy definitely on the wane? New York has just erected a fine, modern apartment house, or hotel, for professional and business women, that proposes to set a new mark for in- creasing privileges granted to the so- called fair but weaker sex Heretofore bachelors in thelr bachelor apartments haye been grant- ed concessions and prerogatives which steadily have been denled to bachelor girls in bachelor girl apart- ments. | In this newest New York venture, or adventure, the woman guests wili | bLe permitted to entertain man visit- ors in their rooms until midnight. At that hour a bell will ring, and the hostess will be told it"is 12 o'clock The rest is apparent The psychology hack of this ar- rangement is perhaps the most inter- sting part of {t. Asked concerning the liberality of their plan, the man- ugement has stated the matter was thrashed out at a meeting of the di rectors of the enterprise, and it was decided that each woman, even if she occuples but a single room, may have visitors within reasonable hours. It was decided that the hotel would be “home” to its residents. ‘The man-| agement is exceedingly frank. “If a woman desires to go astray,’ it says, “she will find plenty of op portunity in a city like New York and we cannot stop her. She is far more likely to encounter unpleasant experiences by having to receive her visitors on the outside, or in visiting men’s apartments, than she will have in her own home, no matter if it be but a single room. We are catering to a high class of serious-minded women, of mature vears, and we be- lieve our experiment will be suce ful merally as well as financlally Continental Europeans always have ralled at what they call Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy. They sav that England | and America particularly have closed | their eyes. or attempted to close | them, to the obvious things of Iife Europeans have sald that the farther weat you travel the more of hypoc- risy you encounter. Thev further| have commented that paradoxically in the Anglo-Saxon countries, where women are granted the greatest num- ber of privileges and the greatest ratlo of equality to the men, the greater is the hypocritical tendency of soclety. In the Latin countries, as well as in the old clvilizations of the North—in Scandinavia—there fs a frank recognition of the realities of life. America fs slowly cumbing to the European influence, in | the view of most observers, and there is wider tolerance and liberality in most aspects of America life, de. spite the outcries against the -per- sonal invasions” of the Volstead act, | * ¥ x » 12 but surely suc- Some persons are inclined to believe that as a natfon America is growing | serve a cigar instead of a | that | especially | tobacco. weaker so far as her individuals are concerned. . It is recalled, for instance, that time was when a man who had accomplish ed something great or was prominent ly in the publc eye would have a clgar named for him Nowadays he i lucky if he doesn't have wome new kind of candy bar or confection tached to his name The latgst instance of this sort seen by the writer is the “Bucky Harrix candy, which ix particularly popular in the coal regions of Pennsylvania where “Bucky.” the vouthful manager of the Washington base ball team now on its way to a second pennant in the American League and a possible second world championship, once @ breaker boy at the mines. “Buck may be a candy kid to some of his admirers. but he is a type of fightin personality which would conf to de S @ namesake. A careful count in some of the larger lunchrooms of New York whick cater to both sexes has shown tha more men drink milk than women Men apparently are becoming addictes to this natural beverage, while the women are going stronger than ever on the stimulating coffee. Abhorrence of anything approaching plumpness naturally keeps the women away fror milk, while the men seem have neither fears nor responsibliities in direction By the same token most women are drinking their coffee ‘straight without sugar and withot cream. Ne stray calory shall wander into their systems If they can help it It is all wrong, too, think of women as being the only candy eaterx Some men are addicts and once let a member of the stronger sex give up alcohol for any length of time and he will turn to the sweets with a rave nous appetite. In both the Army and the Navy the amount of candy eaten by the enlisted men is almost beyond belief. When an American fleet starts for a cruise it is stocked with tens of thousands of pounds of sweet meats. et the Arm: canteens in France there was diff culty in keeping stocked on candies the candies from hom which were second in demand only to The writer has seen men hot from the trenches stopping at an ad vanced canteen and coming out with hands full of cakes and candies. This Was as true of the British Tommy as it was of the American doughboys And whereas the Tommy could have had beer iIf he wanted it, nine times out of ten he chose the sweets It always has been contended that sugar fs a stimulant and a body buflder, and these experiences would seem to prove it * o ox % It certainly pays to know a lot about the incoine tax law and to be able to tell others how to avoid the heavier penalties. One tax expert in New York has just pald a tax of $59,294 on his own income, and it is only natural to suppose that with all of his know edge and experience he reduced the figures to their lowest possible mini mum. (Copyright. 1925.) Fifty Years Agoi In The Star ‘, Half a century ago the country was suffering from a ‘“crime wave" which | was giving great con- | Prevalence o To public authort- ties and to citizens of Orime. o . The o nals of that time, however, were not as numerous, or as bold, or as efficient in evading capture and punishment as today. Nevertheless the situation, as thus set forth in The Star of Sep- tember 7, 1875, was viewed with grave alarm: “The question of how to suppress the criminal classes is becoming every day more important and more and more pressing, not alone in the great centers of population, but throughout the whole country. Of course, where the greatest number of people are there the greatest number of criminals will be, not only in actual numerical strength, but in proportion to the whole population, for it is a well known fact that crime increases far more . rapidly in proportion to the density of population and size of a city than in sparsely settled neighbor- hoods. And the more general it is the more bold and reckless does it become, as well in respect of its haunts as its methods. The New York World of Sunday publishes, for instance, & tabular statement, filling more than a column and a half of that paper, giv- ing the location and character of 254 criminal resorts in that ecity that are known to and tolerated by the police Some of them, it is even said, are licensed by the licensing authorits knowing full well for what purpose: they are used. Analyzing this fearful record, it appears that 103 of these establishments are frequented by street walkers and panel thieves, §7 of the resorts of suspicious per- sons, 10 are the habitual houses of disorderly persons, 5 are patronized by tramps and vagrants and in 170 there are waiter girls, principally panel thieves, pickpockets and shop- lifters out of luck who ply customers, to be fleeced unmercifully. “It is a disgrace to civilization and a monstrous mockery upon law and justice that these resorts of vice should remain open and that the pro- fesslonal criminals who haunt them should be allowed to go at large when the officials know that they are only waiting safe opportunity to steal, burn and murder. Uniess the present laws on the subject are remedied the larger cities, if not the whole country, will 800on be at the mercy of the danger- ous classes, and the sooner the law- makers are awakened to this fact the better.” - * % Interest in the Keeley motor con- tinued despite the incessant ridieuls sy and open expressions o Keeley's gistrust in the alleged in- vention of & machine to Gauge. o e power at megligible expense. In The Star of September 8, 1875, is the following: “Keeley, the motor man, has placed on exhibition in Philadelphia a mon- ster gauge intended to register the terrific force which he claims to have discovered. It is constructed so strongly that it will register a pres- sure of 54,000 pounds to the square inch, at least so they assert, and is besides beautiful in appearance, being elahorately ornamented with silver and other costly decorations. Its cost was 81,000, one-half of this sum to be paid in advance. Meantime the motor itself, which is evolved from a drop of water and a breath of air, and costs nothing, is kept in the safe back- ground.” In the well barricaded back building, we may say.” * * “Can you or any of your numerous readers,” writes a “Bird Lover" o 'n;; Star in a letter print SparTows seprember 10, 1115,1‘1;11 i what has become of the Vanish. Tlii0de of sparrows that 80 recently enlivened our city, or where have they gone, and if this ab- sence will be permanent or will they return? The lot attached to my house, the parking around it and the numer- ous trees were all Summer filied by hundreds of these welcome little crea- tures. About 10 days ago they all suddenly disappeared, from no cause that I can divine, and I find now, wherever I go in the city, that the same anomaly exists—no 'sparrows. “The luxurianee and healthfulness of eur young trees has been owing \muuh'tu the presence of these A This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. Now that Jack Spratt, the cat, has had several dogs named after him {n various sections of the National Capm- tal, perhaps a history of how he came to get s name will prove interesting to the faithful followers of his adven- tures. For Jack Spratt is not just a cat He is a personality. Every Sunday morning hundreds of people open up their Star “to see what Jack Spratt is doing today.” He regularly receives his mail, and has callers, who bring him giffs ranging from choice beef steak and cream to fresh catnip. He is, in short, something more than a cat. He {s what you and I, dea reader, may never be—a personality, in which many people who do not know each other are interested, held in a common bond. Jack’s name was intended for a dog, in the first place, so that is why it is appropriate puppies should be named after him. Our intention was to get a wire-haired fox terrier, one of tho |snappy little fellows with straight fore legs, rectangular head and a black |pot over the right eye. The kind of dog we wanted. how |ever, costs around $100, and 100 iron |men is a rather good sum to pay for a dog. unless you have more money than most of us have. (That's a rath er good way to put ft) Accordingly, when the cat, Jack Spratt, showed up at our back door two vears ago this Autumn, he was immediately christened Jack Spratt What else could we call him? * x % x The name was appropriate in more ways than one, for Jack Spratt literal- ly Wil eat no fat. A great hog, no amount of hunger or coaxing can in- duce him to eat any fat. Fat is ex- actly what he will not eat. He not only prefers lean meat, he will eat nothing else. Jack also has many doglike ways, among which may be named the trick of standing on his hind legs (although more gracefully than any dog ever gid it in all the history of the canine tribe), and the trick of tearing a sheet of paper into bits, a typleally doggy action. As for dogs themselves, he has litile tear of them, although believing in the old maxim that discretion Is the better part of valor. He has absolutely no fear of dogs In his own welght, and has even made friends with one of them. Jack has many nicknames used by his intimates. What was more nat ural, for {nstance, than that he should be called Jackle Spratt, then Jackie? Once called that, it was inevitable that she should be called Jackie Coo gan Spratt, and this in turn gave way to Coogan.’ Coogan in turn gave place to Coogie, one of his mest common nicknames. His personal friends often call him Sprudel Spratt, or Sprudel for short, which name requires a hit of explana tion. An advertisement of a certain brand of foreign saline in an English publication led to a trip to a drug store, which was unable to produce the advertised brand, but did bring forth a box of Sprudel salt, from Germanv. I believe. The word Sprudel had such charm that we found ourselves repeating it upon going home, and, being greeted by Jack Spratt with a tremendous meow, the words Sprudel Spratt were found 'delightfully alliterative. An attempt to fasten upon Jack the cognomen of Jackie Coogan Dempsey Spratt, at a time when he was nightl engaged in fearful battles in the alle) resulted in the dismal failure it d served. * ok ox X Jack Spratt is his standard name, it must be kept in mind, against whiciu the others have cropped up, to be used upon occasion only. ‘At one period, for instance, he wa! called Kitloe, derived from the uni- versal cat name, Kitty. I rather fancy Kitloe myself, especially for a playful cat. Fupny Feller is another of Jack's names, although not much used. At another time he was called Little, and this led to the more frequent use of Little: Jack, Coogan and Sprudel are the thres favorite names used in address- ing this cat, who receives letiers ad- to Mr. Jack Spratt, ju’ "e # he were a human being.